Health Partners International Vacancies: M&E Capacity Building Officers

Vacant POSITION: Management and M&E capacity Building Officer: x3

Background:

The USAID supported Malaria Action Programme for States (MAPS) programme is a 5-year project which is expected to take on USAID’s mandate of improving malaria control at scale in seven states. Activities on the MAPS project have commenced in three Nigerian States namely; Cross-River, Nasarawa and Zamfara.

Health Partners International, one of the implementing agencies of the MAPS Programme now seeks to employ professionalsto work in MAPS and coordinate the Management and Monitoring and Evaluation capacity Building activities at the state levels of the 3 current focal states of MAPS.

Qualification:
A post-graduate qualification in Public Health or other related disciplines in health and medical sciences.
S/he must have an extensive experience and knowledge of Public Health, policy development and health systems reforms in Nigeria. A minimum of Five years of experience in Management and M&E in Public Health,
A minimum of five years hands-on management experience of health service delivery and Primary Health care in Nigeria. A good knowledge and experience of capacity building tools.
Good knowledge of malaria prevention and control in Nigeria or other African countries,
a Good knowledge and use of project data management and analysis software such as; HMIS, DHIS, EPiInfo, Epidata, Microsoft Excel, Access, Stata or SPSS is very essential.
Excellent communication and inter-personal skill is mandatory for this position.

Method of Application:
Interested candidates who fully meet the above requirements should submit an application letter attached to a detailed CV – to include a daytime telephone contact and email address stating the position and location of interest in the ‘subject line’ of the mail. This should be done and through the appropriate link at www.gridconsulting.net

All applications without an application letter will NOT be processed. All applications must be submitted latest Friday, 27 May, 2011. Please note, that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.